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UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB W. SPEAR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 227,660, dated May 18, 1880.

' Application nieu February 5,1830.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB WOLF SPEAE, of London, England, have invented certain Improvements in Candle-Holders or Save-Alls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the construction of save-alls for holding candles in candlesticks and the like, the main object of the improvements being to render such save alls selfadjustable, and thereby applicable to candles and candlesticks of all sizes.

In carrying out my invention I employ a split tube or cylinder made of thin sheet-brass or other suitable metal which has a certain amount ot' spring.

The upper end of the cylinder is formed with a iange, and on the periphery ot' the cylinder, and in the direction of the axis thereof, I x or form a number of ribs or projections, such ribs tapering or inclining toward the bottom ofthe save-all, the edges ot' the said ribs being serrated or roughened.

. In a modication of the apparatus Iemploy a slightly-conical cylinder in halves, jointed together at the lower and smaller end, the upper end of each half-cylinder being provided with a rim or iiange. 'The periphery of the cylinder is provided with inclined serrated ribs, as hereinbefore described.

But 'to make my invention better understood, l will proceed to describe the same by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of my improved spring-cylinder save-all; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation, showing the same applied to a Candlestick and holding a candle; Figs. 4, 5, and 6, similar views to Figs. l, 2, and 3, but showing the modifled construction of apparatus.

In Figs. l, 2, and 3, a is a tube or cylinder, split or open at one side only, as shown at b, and made of thin sheet-brass or other suitable metal which has a certain amount of spring. l j

c is the flange on the upper end of the cylinder, and d d d are the ribs or projections iixed vertically on the periphery of the tube a. The said ribs are inclined or wedge-shaped, as shown, and are rou ghened or serrated on their outer edges.

By this construction, if the improved saveall be placed in the socket e of a candlestick, as shown in Fig. 3, and the end of a candle,

f, be placed in the top of the save-all, by simply pressing downward the save-all its diameter will be contracted from the action of the inclined ribs d against the interior of the socket of the'candlestick until the candlef is clasped securely, as shown. At the same time the tendency of the apparatus to expand outward will cause the said ribs d to be firmly pressed against the interior of the socket of the candlestick, thereby holding the save-all in position, further security being obtained from the effect of the serrated edges of the ribs.

In a modification of the apparatus shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, g g are the two halves of a slightly conical cylinder, the halves being jointed together at their lower end, h, as shown, thus forming a jointed tube split or open at opposite sides.'

t' t" are the rims or flanges on the half-cylinders g g.

d d d are the inclined serrated ribs. The

action of this modified construction of save-all is substantially the same as that hereinbefore described, except that it has no tendency to spring ,outward Candle holders have been made of a coil having a smooth exterior, and also have been terior of the socket of the Candlestick, sub.

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Witnesses l A. ALBUTT, C. H. LIDDELL.

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